My first Converse

I just realized Converse are my winter Havaianas :)

I had a pair of red Converse (in Brazil we call them "All-Star") when I was a teenager, and for some reason I have a memory of it being unconfortable, and I didn't use it much back then. Some people told me this is because they used to produce the shoes here in Brazil to sell in the national market, and ours were not so good and the original ones. I don't know, but the fact is, I always thought they looked really nice and interesting, but I never bought one because I thought it would hurt me.

I've been wanting to find out about it for sometime now, and yesterday I decided to finally buy a pair. I choose the leather off-white ones to start with. I left the store wearing them, and I'm wearing them now. I LOVE it, love it love it. I want many different ones. Oh man, one more addiction. I don't have much space at home. I'm screwed. I'm in love now :)

My savings are not safe

PRESS PLAY Money - Pink Floyd

I I was completely broke, not even a penny, inside of a cab on a rainy Sunday when I asked the driver to stop for a minute in front of an ATM, so I could cash some money. That's when one of those adorable machines decided to tell me the password I was typing was not right (but it was!) and before my third attempt it just blocked my card (not fair!), leaving me in this situation...

So I had to tell the driver to wait downstairs while I ran up to my apartment and I saw myself with no other option but breaking into my pig savings! Damn! I've been saving all the coins that cross my way for a few months now, to spend on my next trip. I learned this with a friend, she always buys great things with her coins... I'm not sure how I am going to spend it, but I have a few ideas. One option is to finally get the camera of my dreams, but I'd have to save coins for a few years for that :)

This time I decided to experiment with a video. I've been thinking about that for a while, but I couldn't find a way to make a feet video interesting... well, maybe this one is not too bad. Let's see what happens. Another possibility is of course videos of dancing feet. I will try that when I get a chance. I've made a few experiments with walking feet, but I didn't like much... I'll keep trying ;)

home sweet home 2

PRESS PLAY Peel me a grape - Diana Krall

Cuddling in bed in cold winter :)

Dinner @ Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly is an oriental restaurant in Ipanema. I LOVE their decoration. Very cozy and colorful. The tables are made with cartoon images covered with resin. I sat at the Hello Kitty table :D Food is pretty good. Oh, and they have fried ice cream for desert, you gotta try it ;)

mall parking lot

Where else in the world you have a view like that on a mall parking lot?

Although it's cloudy I think you can see the Christ on the mountain on the left... and right at the bottom there is Lagoa. Really breathtaking. If you ever go to Shopping Leblon in Rio, park on the roof. If you don't have a car, go there anyways ;)

Winter in Rio

Typical winter day at Ipanema Beach, in front of the famous Coqueirão (big coconut tree). Where else can you find a weather like this?

I LOVE Rio :)

"Mom, give me attention"

"See, I support your work and everything, but now put that aside and pet me!" - said Ganesh.

no flash please

"Stop it, mom" - Brahma said.

Saturday Morning Wedding

PRESS PLAY Xote das Meninas - Marisa Monte

Saturday I went to a wedding with my friend Carol. Her friend Carol Castro got married to Marco Bravo in a very emotional ceremony. The bride was wearing a lovely beige lace dressing with flowers, and it took place in a quiet beautiful place surrounded by nature. I LOVE morning weddings :)

I didn't get the bouquet, but my friend Marcia, who did, gave me one of its roses and someone gave me the bridesmaid bouquet... well, maybe I will still get lucky!

Saturday Night Fever

PRESS PLAY Staying Alive - Bee Gees

Rodolfo, Lívia, Carol, who took some of these pictures (good job!), and myself @ Copacabana Palace.

"Stayin' alive

Life goin' nowhere

Somebody help me"

I won't settle for anything less than butterflies

one of my favorite songs... PRESS PLAY Time of your life - Green Day

The Butterfly Effect is the "notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory; small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system", according to Wikipedia. The expression refers to the title of a paper written by Edward Lorenz in 1972 entitled "Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?"

Hum... so, should a butterfly be worried everytime it flies?

I'm happy the chaos in my life brought me to where I am now...

...and butterflies in my stomach keep flapping their wings and beginning unpredicted events :)